Microsoft word help?!?

Hey, so I have a Microsoft Word document on my computer that I'm trying to open. It doesn't appear in any of my folders but when I type it into the search box it pops up. However, when I go to click on it, it says "The file was not found." Why is it doing this? How do I fix it? This is a semi-important document so any help/suggestions are greatly appreciated!

 

I don't know if I can help, but did you move the document to a different folder?

Hopefully you did! Open the Windows file explorer and search the entire computer. It sounds like you have an old reference coming up.

EDIT: Use search like this: *filename* without the .doc? extension

 

can you maybe screenshot your results list and also the file's properties (i.e. right-click it in the results and show us the properties window)?

 

How did you open the Word doc the first time? Was it through an email or off a webpage? Go back and open it again the same way, then save it to your Documents folder to keep a local copy of it. What you are seeing is where a temporary copy was saved the first time then deleted when you closed the document.

 

Means it was waved to another location possibly a usb stick and since that stick is no longer present it can't find it. So this comes into mind how is your computer setup and how many HDD do you have and what O/S and Office are you using? That would help others find a solution.